Earth is home to a great variety of living things.
*Different plants and animals have external features that help them survive in different environments.
*Plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, and reproducing and eventually dying.
*Plants and animals closely resemble their parents.
*Some kinds of organisms that once lived on earth have completely disappeared, although they were once like others that are alive today.
Earth is home to a great variety of living things.
*Different plants and animals have external features that help them survive in different environments.*Plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, and reproducing and eventually dying.
*Plants and animals closely resemble their parents.
*Some kinds of organisms that once lived on earth have completely disappeared, although they were once like others that are alive today.
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